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"<i>All things bide their day</i>," said Thorbiorn, "and an ill day thou bidest." "I am content to risk it," said Grettir; and in such wise they parted, and Thorbiorn went home. <i>How Noise let the fire out on Drangey, and how Grettir must needs go aland for more</i>.
With a desperate effort, Kenkenes choked the first desire to laugh that had seized him in months. "Nay, let it pass, Nechutes," he said in a strained voice. "Thou and I are friends. But lead me to the king, I pray thee." "To the king?" the cup-bearer repeated doubtfully. "The king sleeps. Will thine interests go to wreck if thou bidest till dawn?" "I carry him a message," Kenkenes explained.
And when a thousand years have passed away, I shall give back to thee thy youth and take back my own decrepitude. "Vaisampayana said, 'Thus addressed by the king, Puru answered with humility, 'I shall do, O monarch, as thou bidest me. I shall take, O king, thy weakness and decrepitude. Take thou my youth and enjoy as thou listest the pleasures of life.
And when a thousand years have passed away, I shall give back to thee thy youth and take back my own decrepitude. "Vaisampayana said, 'Thus addressed by the king, Puru answered with humility, 'I shall do, O monarch, as thou bidest me. I shall take, O king, thy weakness and decrepitude. Take thou my youth and enjoy as thou listest the pleasures of life.
Man to man, he made harangue, Hrothgar to Beowulf, bade him hail, let him wield the wine hall: a word he added: "Never to any man erst I trusted, since I could heave up hand and shield, this noble Dane-Hall, till now to thee. Have now and hold this house unpeered; remember thy glory; thy might declare; watch for the foe! No wish shall fail thee if thou bidest the battle with bold-won life."
Now Björn spoke: "I will take no greeting from a shamed and outlawed man. Get thee gone, Eric Brighteyes, and take thy wolf-hound with thee, lest thou bidest here stiff and cold." "Speak not so loud, rat, lest hound's fang worry thee!" growled Skallagrim. But Eric laughed aloud and cried "Words must be said, and perchance men shall die, ere ever I leave this hall, Björn!"
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